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# Datadog vs Kentik Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Datadog**
Free Trial

**$15.00** Other Per Month · Pro

**$23.00** Other Per Month · Enterprise

**$22.00** Other Per Month · DevSecOps Pro

**$34.00** Other Per Month · DevSecOps Enterprise

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**Kentik**

**Contact Vendor for Pricing** Per Year · Basic

**Pricing Insights**
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Perceived Cost

**Datadog**
$$$$$

**Kentik**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Datadog**
13%

**Kentik**
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Time to Implement

**Datadog** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Kentik** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

Return on Investment

**Datadog** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Kentik** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Datadog**

Centralized Telemetry View (55)

Customizable Data Dashboards (48)

Expensive At Scale (45)

Steep Learning Curve (29)

**Kentik**

Ease of Use (2)

Insightful Analysis (2)

Data Limitations (1)

Difficult Learning (1)

Integrations

**Datadog**
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Amazon EC2

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Amazon Elastic Container...

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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes...

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AWS Cloud Development Kit...

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**Kentik**
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Flow

](https://www.g2.com/products/flow-flow/reviews)[

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Opsgenie

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PagerDuty

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Slack

](https://www.g2.com/products/slack/reviews)[
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Screenshots

**Datadog**
 ![Datadog screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/144135/ThreePillarsObservability-2a.gif)

**Kentik**
 ![Kentik screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/109494/Network-Explorer.png)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Datadog**

**8.8** /10

Based on 540 responses

**Kentik**

**9.3** /10

Based on 20 responses

Ease of Use

**Datadog**

**8.2** /10

Based on 643 responses

**Kentik**

**9.4** /10

Based on 21 responses

Ease of Setup

**Datadog**

**8.3** /10

Based on 409 responses

**Kentik**

**9.3** /10

Based on 14 responses

Ease of Admin

**Datadog**

**8.4** /10

Based on 234 responses

**Kentik**

**9.3** /10

Based on 12 responses

Quality of Support

**Datadog**

**8.4** /10

Based on 480 responses

**Kentik**

**9.6** /10

Based on 19 responses

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Datadog**

**8.5** /10

Based on 220 responses

**Kentik**

**9.7** /10

Based on 11 responses

Product Direction (% positive)

**Datadog**

**9.0** /10

Based on 521 responses

**Kentik**

**10.0** /10

Based on 21 responses

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Network Monitoring

**8.9** /10

Based on 63 responses

**9.4** /10

Based on 15 responses

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

**8.6** /10

Based on 13 responses

**9.1** /10

Based on 19 responses

Cloud Cost Management

**7.8** /10

Based on 8 responses

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Website Monitoring

**8.1** /10

Based on 79 responses

Not enough data

Database Monitoring

**8.7** /10

Based on 112 responses

Not enough data

Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

**8.3** /10

Based on 153 responses

Not enough data

AIOps Platforms

**9.2** /10

Based on 24 responses

Not enough data

Log Monitoring

**8.2** /10

Based on 111 responses

Not enough data

Server Monitoring

**8.2** /10

Based on 80 responses

Not enough data

Enterprise Monitoring

**8.4** /10

Based on 81 responses

Not enough data

Log Analysis

**8.3** /10

Based on 82 responses

Not enough data

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

**8.4** /10

Based on 153 responses

Not enough data

Container Monitoring

**8.5** /10

Based on 52 responses

Not enough data

IT Alerting

**8.0** /10

Based on 18 responses

Not enough data

Observability Pipeline

**7.1** /10

Based on 9 responses

Not enough data

Observability Software

**8.7** /10

Based on 13 responses

Not enough data

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

**8.8** /10

Based on 15 responses

Not enough data

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
21.1%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
45.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
33.1%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
21.1%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
45.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
33.1%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
26.1%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
34.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
39.1%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
26.1%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
34.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
39.1%

**Reviewers' Industry**

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Datadog

Information Technology and Services
18.6%

Computer Software
17.8%

Financial Services
9.1%

Internet
4.0%

Computer & Network Security
3.3%

Other
47.3%

[![Kentik](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_2eaa321fceb1183046d4597c42bd36b3/kentik.png "Kentik")](https://www.g2.com/products/kentik/reviews)
Kentik

Telecommunications
30.4%

Internet
26.1%

Information Technology and Services
13.0%

Computer & Network Security
13.0%

Non-Profit Organization Management
4.3%

Other
13.0%

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